The catacombs, martyrdom, and the reform of art in Post-Tridentine Rome: picturing continuity with the Christian past
The fortuitous discovery of early Christian images adorning the catacombs on Via Salaria in 1578 enabled scholars to address urgent, contemporary problems concerning the Catholic tradition of image veneration, which had been attacked by Protestant iconoclasts. Although the catacombs had been importa...
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Language: | en |
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2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/30321 |